Week 30- Are You a Leader or Just the One In Charge?

Scriptures:

D&C 121:41

Abraham 1:2

Luke 22:32

Moroni 7

Hebrews 11

D&C 123:17

General Conference Address:  

“Some Great Thing” Elder James E Faust CR 10/2001

“The Greatest Among You” Elder Dieter F Uchtdorf CR 4/2017

Thought:

There is a great gap between being a leader and a person who is in charge. Leaders are examples. They have mud on their boots and are the best at what they ask others to do. They never ask anyone to do what they would not do, are not doing, or have not done. They think more about others and less about themselves. They like to train up their replacements because they know that knowledge and inspiration are two things that they can share with others that will extend beyond the grave.

Misc: 

• Leaders spend time developing more leaders.

• Leaders take all the blame on themselves and assign all the credit to others

• Leaders own it all; before, during and after.  

• Leaders delegate to help others grow and to have more time for people

• Leaders subordinate their ego

• Leaders are continuous learners and teachers

• Leaders inspire, they don’t belittle or humiliate

• Leaders ask questions

• Leaders know it’s not about them, it’s about those in their charge

• Leaders look outward for ways to help, not inward for ways to get ahead

Invitation: 

You will always have the chance to lead.  You’ll either be asked to do it or you’ll be sustaining someone with your unofficial leadership. Either way, you cannot not influence so make you influence a good one.  Be a good leader, not just the person in charge.